JP2009048876A - Nonaqueous secondary battery - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a nonaqueous secondary battery with thin size and having a large capacity. <P>SOLUTION: The nonaqueous secondary battery has a wound around electrode body in which a positive electrode having a positive electrode mixture layer on one side or both sides of a positive electrode current collector, a negative electrode, and a separator are laminated and these are wound around in spiral shape, sealed together with a non-aqueous electrolyte in an outer package having a ratio of width against thickness of 1.7-10.0. The positive electrode mixture layer has a density of 3.5 g/cm<SP>3</SP>or more and a porosity of 25% or less, and the positive electrode current collector is an Al alloy foil with a thickness of 15 μm or less and a tensile strength of 200 N/mm<SP>2</SP>or more. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a non-aqueous secondary battery having a large capacity.

  In recent years, there has been a demand for further miniaturization and weight reduction in mobile communication applications such as portable computers and personal information assistants (Personal Digital Assistants). In such devices, a non-aqueous secondary battery having a non-aqueous electrolyte is used. However, due to the above-described demand, the non-aqueous secondary battery has a demand for higher capacity. .

Non-aqueous secondary batteries include, for example, a positive electrode in which a positive electrode mixture layer containing a lithium transition metal composite oxide such as LiCoO ₂ is formed on a current collector, and a negative electrode composite containing a negative electrode active material such as a carbon material. Dissolve the electrolyte salt in a non-aqueous solvent using a laminated electrode body in which the negative electrode layer formed on the current collector is stacked via a separator, and a spirally wound electrode body that is wound in a spiral shape. In general, the electrolyte is formed and sealed together with the electrolyte.

  As a technique for increasing the capacity of such a non-aqueous secondary battery, for example, it is conceivable to increase the amount of the active material filled in the positive electrode by increasing the density of the positive electrode mixture layer.

On the other hand, Patent Document 1 points out that in a non-aqueous secondary battery, when the discharge capacity per unit volume of the laminated electrode body is set to a high capacity of 130 mAh / cm ³ or more, the charge / discharge cycle characteristics are deteriorated. And in patent document 1, in the non-aqueous secondary battery made high in this way, it is proposed to use a metal foil whose main component is aluminum having a thickness of 15 μm or less as the positive electrode current collector. Along with the increase in capacity, the charge / discharge cycle characteristics have been improved. Furthermore, Patent Document 1 also points out that cracking or cutting of the positive electrode current collector due to expansion during charging of the positive electrode mixture layer can be prevented by setting the tensile strength or elongation of the positive electrode current collector to a specific value or more. Yes.

JP 11-329447 A

  By the way, recently, various types of batteries, such as not only a conventional cylindrical battery but also a rectangular tube battery having a flat cross section and a laminate battery having a laminate film outer package and a flat cross section, etc. There is a form. Then, in the case where the above-described wound electrode body is applied to a thin battery having a flat cross section as described above, the spirally wound wound electrode body is further crushed, etc. Used after forming.

  However, when a flat wound electrode body is formed using the positive electrode having a higher density of the positive electrode mixture layer as described above, and this is applied to a thin battery, the capacity as expected cannot be secured. This has been clarified by the study of the present inventors.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide a non-aqueous secondary battery that is thin and has a large capacity.

The non-aqueous secondary battery of the present invention that has achieved the above object is formed by laminating a positive electrode having a positive electrode mixture layer on one or both sides of a positive electrode current collector, a negative electrode, and a separator, and winding them in a spiral shape. A non-aqueous secondary battery in which a wound electrode body is sealed together with a non-aqueous electrolyte in an exterior body having a width-to-thickness ratio (width of exterior body / thickness of exterior body) of 1.7 to 10.0. The positive electrode mixture layer has a density of 3.5 g / cm ³ or more and a porosity of 25% or less, and the positive electrode current collector has a thickness of 15 μm or less and a tensile strength of 200 N / It is a non-aqueous secondary battery characterized by being an Al alloy foil of mm ² or more.

As a result of intensive studies, the inventors of the present invention constituted a wound electrode body using a positive electrode in which the density of the positive electrode mixture layer was as high as 3.5 g / cm ³ or more, and crushed this to obtain a flat shape. As the wound electrode body, the above-mentioned capacity reduction phenomenon that can occur when a thin battery is configured using this flat wound electrode body, particularly in the bent portion on the inner peripheral side of the wound electrode body, It has been found that the positive electrode current collector is broken and the electroconductivity of the positive electrode is impaired, and a positive electrode mixture layer portion that does not participate in the discharge reaction is generated.

  The positive electrode current collector layer located inside the positive electrode current collector is, for example, at the bent portion on the inner peripheral side of the wound electrode body, particularly when the positive electrode current collector is ruptured, causing the capacity reduction phenomenon. Since it is high density and hard, it is thought that it occurs because excessive stress is applied to the positive electrode current collector.

For example, even if the density of the positive electrode mixture layer is 3.5 g / cm ³ or more, if there are many voids in the positive electrode mixture layer, a part of the positive electrode mixture layer collapses due to the presence of such voids. Therefore, the capacity reduction phenomenon is unlikely to occur, and particularly when the porosity of the positive electrode mixture layer is 25% or less. It has also been found that the capacity reduction phenomenon can occur remarkably

In the present invention, a thin non-aqueous secondary provided with a flat wound electrode body constituted by using a positive electrode having a positive electrode mixture layer having a density of 3.5 g / cm ³ or more and a porosity of 25% or less. In a battery, by using a positive electrode current collector having a specific thickness and a specific strength, it is possible to prevent breakage of the positive electrode current collector in the flat wound electrode body and to sufficiently draw out the capacity originally possessed by the battery. The high capacity has been achieved.

  According to the present invention, a thin non-aqueous secondary battery having a large capacity can be provided.

  The non-aqueous secondary battery of the present invention is a winding in which a positive electrode formed by forming a positive electrode mixture layer on one or both sides of a positive electrode current collector and a negative electrode are overlapped with a separator and wound in a spiral shape. It has a rotating electrode body.

The positive electrode mixture layer relating to the positive electrode is a porous layer containing a positive electrode active material, a conductive additive, a binder and the like. As the positive electrode active material, various lithium transition metal oxides known as positive electrode active materials for non-aqueous secondary batteries can be used without particular limitation. Specifically, for example, lithium cobaltate (LiCoO _2), lithium nickel oxide (LiNiO _2), lithium manganese oxide _{(LiMn 2 O 4, LiMn 3} O 6, Li 2 MnO 3, LiMnO 2, LiMn 2 O 4 Li _a Co _x Ni _y M ¹ _z O ₂ (M ¹ is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ti, Zr, Ge, Nb, Al and Sn, 0.96 ≦ a ≦ 1.03,0.60 ≦ x ≦ 1.00,0 ≦ y ≦ 0.40,0 ≦ z ≦ 0.05) lithium cobalt nickel oxide represented _by, Li _b Co o _Mn p M ² _q O ₂ (M ² is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ti, Zr, Ge, Nb, Al, and Sn, and 0.96 ≦ b ≦ 1.03, 0.60 ≦ o <1. , 0 <p ≦ 0.40,0 ≦ q ≦ 0.05) lithium cobalt manganese oxide represented _{by, Li c Co r Ni s Mn} t M 3 u O 2 (M 3 are, Mg, Ti, Zr , Ge, Nb, Al and Sn, at least one element selected from the group consisting of 0.96 ≦ c ≦ 1.03, 0 <r ≦ 0.40, 0 <s ≦ 0.40, 0 And lithium cobalt nickel manganese oxide represented by <t ≦ 0.40, 0 ≦ u ≦ 0.05. These positive electrode active materials may be used alone or in combination of two or more.

  As the conductive auxiliary agent used for the positive electrode, for example, carbon materials such as carbon black, acetylene black, ketjen black, graphite, and carbon fiber are preferable. Among the carbon materials described above, acetylene black, ketjen black, and graphite are particularly preferable from the viewpoint of the amount of addition and conductivity, and the productivity of the positive electrode mixture layer-containing composition (described later).

  As the binder used for the positive electrode, for example, a polyvinylidene fluoride polymer (a polymer of a fluorine-containing monomer group containing 80% by mass or more of the main component monomer) is a rubber polymer. . These binders may use only 1 type and may use 2 or more types together. The binder may be provided in the form of a dispersion in a dispersion medium or a solution dissolved in a solvent, in addition to a powdery one.

  Examples of the fluorine-containing monomer group for synthesizing the polyvinylidene fluoride-based polymer include vinylidene fluoride; a mixture of vinylidene fluoride and another monomer, and a monomer mixture containing 80% by mass or more of vinylidene fluoride; Is mentioned. Examples of the other monomer include vinyl fluoride, trifluoroethylene, trifluorochloroethylene, tetrafluoroethylene, hexafluoropropylene, and fluoroalkyl vinyl ether.

  Examples of the rubber polymer include styrene butadiene rubber (SBR), ethylene propylene diene rubber, and fluorine rubber.

  The content of the positive electrode active material in the positive electrode mixture layer is preferably 96% by mass or more, more preferably 97.0% by mass or more, preferably 99.4% by mass or less, more preferably 98.0% by mass. It is as follows.

  Further, the content of the carbon material which is a conductive additive in the positive electrode mixture layer is, for example, preferably 0.5% by mass or more, more preferably 0.8% by mass or more, and preferably 18% by mass or less. More preferably, it is 15 mass% or less. If the amount of the conductive auxiliary agent in the positive electrode mixture layer is too small, the electron conductivity of the positive electrode may be insufficient and the load characteristics of the battery may be deteriorated, and the amount of the conductive auxiliary agent in the positive electrode mixture layer is too large. Since the amount of the active material in the positive electrode mixture layer is reduced, the effect of increasing the capacity of the battery in the present invention may be reduced.

  Further, the binder content in the positive electrode mixture layer is preferably 0.1% by mass or more, more preferably 0.3% by mass or more, and preferably 5% by mass or less, more preferably 2% by mass or less. It is. If the content of the binder in the positive electrode mixture layer is too small, the mechanical strength of the positive electrode mixture layer is insufficient, and the positive electrode mixture layer may be peeled off from the current collector. When there is too much content, there exists a possibility that the amount of active materials in a positive mix layer may reduce, and the high capacity | capacitance effect of the battery in this invention may become small.

  The positive electrode having the positive electrode mixture layer is, for example, a positive electrode mixture-containing composition prepared by dispersing the positive electrode active material, a conductive additive, a binder, and the like in a solvent (some components may be dissolved). After applying (paste, slurry, etc.) on one or both sides of the current collector and drying, it can be produced by pressing as necessary to adjust the thickness and density of the positive electrode mixture layer. In addition, the manufacturing method of the positive electrode which concerns on this invention is not necessarily limited to this, You may employ | adopt another method. Examples of the solvent that can be used in the positive electrode mixture-containing composition include water; organic solvents such as N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP), toluene, and xylene.

  As a method for applying the positive electrode mixture-containing composition to the current collector, for example, various known application methods such as an extrusion coater, a reverse roller, a doctor blade, an applicator and the like can be employed.

  The thickness of the positive electrode mixture layer formed on the surface of the positive electrode current collector is preferably a thickness after drying, for example, 80 to 110 μm.

The density of the positive electrode mixture layer according to the present invention is 3.5 g / cm ³ or more and 3.8 g / cm ³ or more. In the battery of the present invention, by increasing the density of the positive electrode mixture layer as described above, the filling amount of the positive electrode active material is increased to increase the capacity. However, if the density of the positive electrode mixture layer is too large, it is difficult to get wet with the electrolyte (electrolyte), the charge / discharge cycle characteristics may be deteriorated, and the capacity improvement effect may be reduced. It is preferably 4.2 g / cm ³ or less.

  In addition, the density of the positive mix layer as used in this specification is a value measured by the following method. The positive electrode is cut into a predetermined area, the mass is measured using an electronic balance with a minimum scale of 1 mg, and the mass of the positive electrode material mixture layer is calculated by subtracting the mass of the current collector. On the other hand, the total thickness of the positive electrode was measured at 10 points with a micrometer having a minimum scale of 1 μm, and the volume of the positive electrode mixture layer was determined from the average value obtained by subtracting the thickness of the current collector from these measured values and the area. calculate. Then, the density of the positive electrode mixture layer is calculated by dividing the mass of the positive electrode mixture layer by the volume.

  Further, the positive electrode mixture layer has a porosity of 25% or less. As described above, when a flat wound electrode body is formed using a positive electrode having the above-described density and having a positive electrode mixture layer with a porosity of 25% or less, the positive electrode current collector is broken or the like. Although the capacity reduction phenomenon is likely to occur, by adopting the configuration of the present invention (particularly, the configuration of the positive electrode current collector described later), it is possible to prevent the occurrence of the capacity reduction phenomenon and achieve a high capacity of the battery. . When the porosity of the positive electrode mixture layer is 20% or less, the effect of the present invention is particularly remarkable. However, if the porosity of the positive electrode mixture layer is too small, it becomes difficult to get wet with the electrolyte (electrolyte), the charge / discharge cycle characteristics may decrease, and the capacity improvement effect may be reduced. The porosity is preferably 10% or more.

  The porosity of the positive electrode mixture layer referred to in this specification is the theoretical density of the positive electrode mixture layer determined from the density of the positive electrode mixture layer determined by the above method and the specific gravity and content ratio of various components in the positive electrode mixture layer. (The density estimated as containing no voids).

Note that the Log differential pore volume at the maximum frequency pore diameter of the positive electrode mixture layer is preferably 0.03 cm ³ / g or more, whereby the positive electrode mixture layer can be easily wetted with the electrolyte. Since the penetration rate of the electrolyte into the mixture layer can be increased, the charge / discharge cycle characteristics and capacity of the battery can be further increased, and the productivity of the battery can also be improved. However, if the Log differential pore volume at the maximum frequency pore diameter of the positive electrode mixture layer is increased, the penetration rate of the electrolyte into the positive electrode mixture layer is increased, but it may be difficult to increase the density of the positive electrode mixture layer. more from the viewpoint of increasing the capacity of the battery, Log differential pore volume at the maximum frequency pore diameter of the positive electrode mixture layer is preferably not more than ^{0.09cm 3 / g, 0.07cm 3 /} g or less It is more preferable that

  In addition, the log differential pore volume of the maximum frequency pore diameter of the positive electrode mixture layer referred to in the present specification is obtained by using a mercury porosimeter (“Poresizer 9310” manufactured by Micromeritic) and the positive electrode mixture layer peeled off from the positive electrode current collector. In the Log differential pore volume distribution curve obtained by cutting out 2 × 4 cm and directly putting it in a cell, it means the Log differential pore volume at the maximum peak.

  In addition, the density of the positive electrode mixture layer, the porosity, and the Log differential pore volume of the maximum frequency pore diameter are the conditions at the time of press treatment when adjusting the component composition of the positive electrode mixture layer or forming the positive electrode mixture layer. It can be controlled by adjusting (press pressure, press temperature, etc.). In order to form a positive electrode mixture layer having a Log differential pore volume of the density and the maximum frequency pore diameter, the positive electrode active material amount, the conductive auxiliary agent amount, and the binder amount in the positive electrode mixture layer are set to the preferred values. In addition, as the pressing conditions at the time of forming the positive electrode mixture layer, for example, the pressing temperature is preferably 60 to 150 ° C. and the pressing pressure is preferably 8 to 15 kN / cm.

In the positive electrode according to the present invention, an Al alloy foil having a thickness of 15 μm or less and a tensile strength of 200 N / mm ² or more is used for the positive electrode current collector. By using such a positive electrode current collector, a high-density positive electrode mixture layer is formed as a positive electrode, and even when a flat wound electrode body is configured using this, the positive electrode current collector is broken. It is possible to prevent the occurrence of a capacity reduction phenomenon due to the above.

  The thickness of the positive electrode current collector is more preferably 13 μm or less. By using the positive electrode current collector having such a thickness, it is possible to increase the thickness of the positive electrode mixture layer and configure a battery having a higher capacity. However, if the current collector of the positive electrode is too thin, cutting is likely to occur at the portion where the positive electrode mixture layer is not formed (exposed portion of the current collector) during battery manufacture, or a lead body (tab) for current collection is welded. The thickness of the current collector is preferably 10 μm or more because the current collector may be easily broken in the portion.

The positive electrode current collector has a tensile strength of 200 N / mm ² or more, preferably 220 N / mm ² or more. By using the positive electrode current collector having such a tensile strength, breakage or the like when a flat wound electrode body is configured can be prevented. However, if the tensile strength is too strong, it becomes difficult to crush the wound electrode body with a low press pressure. If it is crushed with a high press pressure, the separator inside the wound electrode body may be damaged. Is preferably 300 N / mm ² or less.

  In addition, the tensile strength of the positive electrode current collector referred to in this specification is 15 mm in width parallel to the rolling direction at the time of manufacturing the metal foil constituting the current collector using “Autograph AGS-500G” manufactured by Shimadzu Corporation. A sample having a length of 100 mm or more was prepared, and the breaking strength and elongation were measured five times under the conditions of a gauge distance of 100 mm and a speed of 10 mm / min, and the upper three values of breaking strength were averaged. In addition, since there is no big difference in the measured value of the tensile strength, there is no problem even if the measurement is performed in a state where the positive electrode mixture layer is formed on the sample, and the tensile strength of the positive electrode current collector can be evaluated.

  The positive electrode current collector having the above characteristics includes, for example, at least one of Mn and Mg, and when the whole is 100% by mass, Al is 90% by mass or more, Mn is 1.2% by mass or less, An Al alloy foil containing 3.5% by mass or less of Mg can be used. More specifically, for example, the positive electrode current collector can be constituted by an Al alloy foil such as JIS 2024, JIS 3003, JIS 3004, JIS 5052, and JIS 5154.

  As a negative electrode which concerns on this invention, what formed the negative mix layer containing a negative electrode active material and a binder in the single side | surface or both surfaces of a negative electrode collector can be used, for example.

The negative electrode active material may be any material that can be doped and dedoped with Li ions, such as graphite, pyrolytic carbons, cokes, glassy carbons, fired bodies of organic polymer compounds, mesocarbon microbeads, Examples thereof include carbon materials such as carbon fiber and activated carbon. Also, alloys such as Si, Sn, In, etc., oxides such as Si, Sn that can be charged and discharged at a low potential close to Li, and compounds such as Li and Co nitrides such as Li _2.6 Co _0.4 N are also available. It can be used as a negative electrode active material. Furthermore, a part of graphite can be replaced with a metal or oxide that can be alloyed with Li. When graphite is used as the negative electrode active material, the voltage at the time of full charge can be regarded as about 0.1 V on the basis of Li. Therefore, the potential of the positive electrode is calculated for convenience by adding 0.1 V to the battery voltage. Therefore, it is preferable that the charge potential of the positive electrode is easy to control.

As a form of graphite, for example, it is preferable that an interplanar spacing (d ₀₀₂ ) of 002 plane is 0.338 nm or less. This is because the higher the crystallinity, the higher the density of the negative electrode mixture layer described later. However, if d ₀₀₂ is too large, the discharge characteristics and load characteristics of the high-density negative electrode may be deteriorated. Therefore, d ₀₀₂ is preferably 0.335 nm or more, and more preferably 0.3355 nm or more. preferable.

  Further, the crystallite size (Lc) in the c-axis direction of graphite is preferably 70 nm or more, more preferably 80 nm or more, and still more preferably 90 nm or more. This is because the larger the Lc, the flatter the charging curve, the easier to control the positive electrode potential, and the larger the capacity. On the other hand, if Lc is too large, the battery capacity tends to decrease in a high-density negative electrode, so Lc is preferably less than 200 nm.

Furthermore, the specific surface area of the graphite is preferably at 0.5 m ² / g or more, more preferably ^{1 m} 2 / g or more, further preferably ^2m 2 / g or more,, ^{6 m} 2 / g or less is preferable, and 5 m ² / g or less is more preferable. This is because if the specific surface area of graphite is not large to some extent, the characteristics tend to deteriorate, while if it is too large, the influence of the reaction with the nonaqueous electrolyte tends to occur.

  The graphite used for the negative electrode is preferably made of natural graphite as a raw material, and a mixture of two or more types of graphite having different surface crystallinity is more preferable from the viewpoint of increasing the capacity. Since natural graphite is inexpensive and has a high capacity, it can be a negative electrode with high cost performance. Usually, when a high-density negative electrode mixture layer is formed using natural graphite, the battery capacity is likely to decrease, but the decrease in battery capacity is reduced by mixing and using graphite whose surface crystallinity has been reduced by surface treatment. be able to.

The crystallinity of the surface of graphite can be determined by Raman spectrum analysis. R value of Raman spectrum when excited graphite in argon laser with a wavelength of _{514.5nm [R = I 1350 / I} 1580 ( the ratio of the Raman intensity and 1580cm Raman intensity at around ^-1 around 1350 cm ^-1)] is If it is 0.01 or more, it can be said that the crystallinity of the surface is slightly lower than that of natural graphite. Therefore, in the present invention, as the graphite whose surface crystallinity has been lowered by the surface treatment, for example, the R value is preferably 0.01 or more, more preferably 0.1 or more, and preferably 0.5 or less. More preferably, it is 0.3 or less, more preferably 0.15 or less. The graphite content with reduced surface crystallinity is preferably 100% by mass in order to increase the density of the negative electrode mixture layer. Is preferably 50% by mass or more, more preferably 70% by mass or more, and particularly preferably 85% by mass or more.

  Moreover, since the irreversible capacity | capacitance will become large if the average particle diameter of graphite is too small, it is preferable that it is 5 micrometers or more, it is more preferable that it is 12 micrometers or more, and it is still more preferable that it is 18 micrometers or more. From the viewpoint of increasing the density of the negative electrode, the average particle diameter of graphite is preferably 30 μm or less, more preferably 25 μm or less, and further preferably 20 μm or less.

  The binder used for the negative electrode is not particularly limited, but from the viewpoint of increasing the capacity by increasing the active material ratio, it is preferable to reduce the amount used as much as possible, and for this reason, an aqueous resin having the property of being dissolved or dispersed in water. A mixture of styrene and a rubber-based resin is preferred. This is because the water-based resin contributes to the dispersion of the graphite even in a small amount, and the rubber-based resin can prevent the negative electrode mixture layer from peeling from the current collector due to the expansion and contraction of the electrode during the charge / discharge cycle of the battery.

  Examples of the water-based resin include cellulose resins such as carboxymethyl cellulose and hydroxypropyl cellulose, and polyether resins such as polyvinyl pyrrolidone, polyepichlorohydrin, polyvinyl pyridine, polyvinyl alcohol, polyethylene oxide, and polyethylene glycol. Examples of the rubber resin include latex, butyl rubber, fluorine rubber, styrene butadiene rubber, nitrile butadiene copolymer rubber, ethylene-propylene-diene copolymer, polybutadiene, and ethylene-propylene-diene copolymer (EPDM). . For example, it is more preferable to use a cellulose ether compound such as carboxymethyl cellulose in combination with a butadiene copolymer rubber such as styrene butadiene rubber from the viewpoint of dispersion of graphite and prevention of peeling. It is particularly preferred to use carboxymethyl cellulose in combination with a butadiene copolymer rubber such as styrene butadiene rubber or nitrile butadiene copolymer rubber. This is because cellulose ether compounds such as carboxymethyl cellulose exert a thickening action mainly on the negative electrode mixture-containing paste, and rubber binders such as styrene / butadiene copolymer rubber bind to the negative electrode mixture. This is because the effect is exhibited. Thus, when using together cellulose ether compounds, such as carboxymethylcellulose, and rubber-type binders, such as a styrene butadiene rubber, as a ratio of both, 1: 1-1: 15 are preferable by mass ratio.

  For the negative electrode, a binder is added to the negative electrode active material, and if necessary, a solvent is added to prepare a negative electrode mixture-containing composition (paste, slurry, etc.), which is applied to one or both sides of the current collector and dried. After that, the negative electrode mixture layer is formed through a step of adjusting the thickness and density by press treatment. Examples of the solvent used in the negative electrode mixture-containing composition include water; organic solvents such as NMP, toluene, and xylene; In preparing the negative electrode mixture-containing composition, the binder is preferably mixed with solid particles such as a negative electrode active material using a solution previously dissolved or dispersed in an organic solvent or water.

  As a method of applying the negative electrode mixture-containing composition to the surface of the negative electrode current collector, various methods exemplified as a method of applying the positive electrode mixture-containing composition to the surface of the positive electrode current collector can be employed.

  As the negative electrode current collector, for example, a metal, a punched metal, a foam metal, a foil obtained by processing a metal conductive material such as aluminum, stainless steel, nickel, titanium, or copper into a plate shape is used. The thickness of the negative electrode current collector is preferably 5 to 12 μm, for example.

  The thickness of the negative electrode mixture layer formed on the surface of the negative electrode current collector is preferably the thickness after drying, for example, 40 to 160 μm. Moreover, when a negative mix layer shall contain a negative electrode active material and a binder, for example, it is preferable that content of a negative electrode active material shall be 90-99.8 mass%, for example.

  When the negative electrode mixture layer contains, for example, a negative electrode active material and a binder, the binder content is preferably 0.2% by mass or more, for example, 0.5% by mass. The content is more preferably 10% by mass or less, and more preferably 2% by mass or less. If the binder content is too small, the mechanical strength of the negative electrode mixture layer is insufficient, and the negative electrode mixture layer may be peeled off from the current collector. Moreover, when there is too much content of a binder, there exists a possibility that the amount of active materials in a negative mix layer may reduce, and the high capacity | capacitance effect of the battery in this invention may become small.

In the case of using a carbon material as the active material, the negative electrode mixture layer preferably has a density of 1.70 g / cm ³ or more, and more preferably 1.75 g / cm ³ or more. Thus, by making a negative electrode mixture layer into high density, a battery can be made into a higher capacity | capacitance by combined use with the positive electrode which has a high-density positive electrode mixture layer. The density of the negative electrode mixture layer is preferably 1.90 g / cm ³ or less because if the density of the negative electrode mixture layer is too high, metallic lithium may precipitate on the negative electrode surface and cause a decrease in safety.

  There is no restriction | limiting in particular about the separator interposed between a positive electrode and a negative electrode, A conventionally well-known thing is applicable. For example, a microporous polyethylene film having a thickness of 5 to 30 μm and a porosity of 30 to 70%, a microporous polypropylene film, a polyethylene polypropylene composite film, or the like is preferably used.

  In the non-aqueous secondary battery of the present invention, after the wound electrode body is loaded into the outer package having a width to thickness ratio of 1.7 to 10.0, and a non-aqueous electrolyte is injected into the outer package. It is manufactured through a step of sealing the exterior body. In the battery of the present invention, the outer casing is limited to those having a width to thickness ratio of 1.7 to 10.0. This is because it is necessary to crush, so that the capacity is easily reduced due to the fracture of the positive electrode current collector.

  As the exterior body, a battery case made of aluminum, aluminum alloy, nickel-plated iron or stainless steel (for example, a rectangular battery case), an exterior body made of an aluminum laminate film, or the like can be used.

  For the electrolyte, for example, a nonaqueous solvent electrolyte (electrolytic solution) in which an electrolyte salt such as a lithium salt is dissolved in a nonaqueous solvent such as an organic solvent is preferably used from the viewpoint of electrical characteristics and ease of handling.

  Although it does not specifically limit as a solvent of a nonaqueous electrolyte, For example, chain | strand ester, such as dimethyl carbonate, diethyl carbonate, ethyl methyl carbonate, methyl propion carbonate; High dielectric constants, such as ethylene carbonate, propylene carbonate, butylene carbonate, vinylene carbonate Cyclic ester; mixed solvent of chain ester and cyclic ester; and the like, and a mixed solvent with a cyclic ester having a chain ester as a main solvent is particularly suitable.

  In addition to the ester, examples of the solvent include chain phosphate triesters such as trimethyl phosphate, 1,2-dimethoxyethane, 1,3-dioxolane, tetrahydrofuran, 2-methyl-tetrahydrofuran, and diethyl ether. These ethers, nitriles, dinitriles, isocyanates, halogen-containing solvents, and the like can also be used. Further, amine-based or imide-based organic solvents, sulfur-based organic solvents such as sulfolane, and the like can also be used.

As the electrolyte salt, for _{example, LiClO 4, LiPF 6, LiBF} 4, LiAsF 6, LiSbF 6, LiCF 3 SO 3, LiC 4 F 9 SO 3, LiCF 3 CO 2, Li 2 C 2 F 4 (SO 3) 2 , LiN (RfSO ₂ ) (Rf′SO ₂ ), LiC (RfSO ₂ ) ₃ , LiC _n F _{2n + 1} SO ₃ (n ≧ 2), LiN (RfOSO ₂ ) ₂ [where Rf and Rf ′ are fluoroalkyl groups] These may be used, and these may be used alone or in combination of two or more. Among the electrolyte salts, fluorine-containing organic lithium salts having 2 or more carbon atoms are particularly preferable. This is because the fluorine-containing organic lithium salt has a large anionic property and easily separates ions, so that it is easily dissolved in the solvent. The concentration of the electrolyte salt in the nonaqueous electrolyte is not particularly limited. For example, it is preferably 0.3 mol / l or more, more preferably 0.4 mol / l or more, preferably 1.7 mol / l or less, more preferably. Is 1.5 mol / l or less.

  Since the non-aqueous secondary battery of the present invention is thin and has a high capacity, it can be used as a power source for various devices (for example, mobile devices such as mobile phones) that require batteries having such characteristics. Therefore, it can be preferably used in various applications to which a conventionally known non-aqueous secondary battery is applied.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail based on examples. However, the following examples do not limit the present invention.

Example 1
<Preparation of positive electrode>
Lithium cobaltate as an active material (average particle size 12 μm): 97% by mass, acetylene black as a conductive auxiliary agent: 1.5% by mass, and polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) as a binder: 1.5% by mass, A positive electrode mixture-containing composition was prepared using NMP as a solvent. The positive electrode mixture-containing composition is prepared by previously dissolving PVDF in NMP, adding the active material and acetylene black to this solution, adding NMP while stirring, and adjusting the viscosity while sufficiently dispersing. Went by. This positive electrode mixture-containing composition was uniformly applied to both surfaces of an Al alloy foil made of A3003H having a thickness of 12 μm, a tensile strength of 250 N / mm ² and a breaking elongation of 1.4% using an applicator, Using a roll press, rolling was performed under conditions of a roll temperature of 100 ° C. and a pressure of 8 kN / cm, and after cutting into a predetermined size, an aluminum lead body was welded to obtain a sheet-like positive electrode having a total thickness of 138 μm. . The positive electrode mixture layer density of the positive electrode thus prepared was 3.85 g / cm ³ , and the porosity calculated from the theoretical density was 20%. The Log differential pore volume at the maximum frequency pore diameter of 0.5 μm was 0.060 cm ³ / g.

<Production of negative electrode>
Graphite-based carbon material (A) as a negative electrode active material [purity 99.9% or more, average particle diameter 18 μm, inter-surface distance (d ₀₀₂ ) = 0.3356 nm, crystallite size in the c-axis direction (Lc ) = 100 nm, R value (ratio of peak intensity around ₁₃₅₀ cm ⁻¹ and peak intensity around 1580 cm ⁻¹ in the Raman spectrum when excited by an argon laser with a wavelength of 514.5 nm [R = I ₁₃₅₀ / I ₁₅₈₀ ] ) = 0.18]: 70 parts by mass and graphite-based carbon material (B) [purity 99.9% or more, average particle diameter 21 μm, d ₀₀₂ = 0.3363 nm, Lc = 60 nm, R value = 0.11. : 30 parts by mass, and 98 parts by mass of this mixture, 1 part by mass of carboxymethyl cellulose and 1 part by mass of styrene butadiene rubber are mixed in the presence of water to form a slurry. The negative electrode mixture-containing paste was prepared. The obtained negative electrode mixture-containing paste was applied to both sides of a negative electrode current collector made of a copper foil having a thickness of 10 μm, dried to form a negative electrode mixture layer, and the density of the negative electrode mixture layer was 1 by roll press. The sheet was rolled to 0.75 g / cm ³ , cut to a predetermined size, and then a nickel lead was welded to prepare a sheet-like negative electrode having a total thickness of 132 μm.

<Battery assembly>
The positive electrode and the negative electrode are made of a separator made of a microporous polyethylene film [porosity 53%, MD direction tensile strength: 2.1 × 10 ⁸ N / m ² , TD direction tensile strength: 0.28 × 10 ⁸ N / m ² , thickness 16 μm, air permeability 80 seconds / 100 ml, thermal shrinkage 3% in TD direction after 105 ° C. × 8 hours, puncture strength: 3.5 N (360 g)] And wound into a wound electrode body, and then pressed to form a flat wound electrode body. It is inserted into a battery case (exterior body) made of an aluminum alloy, having a width of 34 mm, a thickness of 4.6 mm, and a height of 50 mm (ratio of width to thickness is 7.4). Welding the lead body and laser welding the opening end of the lid plate to the battery case, injecting the non-aqueous electrolyte into the battery case from the inlet provided in the lid plate for sealing, and separating the non-aqueous electrolyte into the separator After sufficiently infiltrating the gas, etc., partial charging was performed, and after the gas generated by partial charging was discharged, the inlet was sealed and sealed. In the non-aqueous electrolyte, LiPF ₆ was dissolved to a concentration of 1.2 mol / l in a mixed solvent obtained by mixing methyl ethyl carbonate, diethyl carbonate, and ethylene carbonate at a volume ratio of 3: 1: 2. The solution was used. Thereafter, charging and aging were performed to obtain a non-aqueous secondary battery having a structure as shown in FIG. 1 and an appearance as shown in FIG.

  Here, the battery shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 will be described. The positive electrode 1 and the negative electrode 2 are spirally wound through the separator 3 as described above, and then pressed to form a flat wound electrode body 6. The prismatic battery case 4 is housed together with the electrolyte. However, in FIG. 1, in order to avoid complication, a metal foil, an electrolytic solution, and the like as a current collector used for manufacturing the positive electrode 1 and the negative electrode 2 are not illustrated.

  The battery case 4 is made of an aluminum alloy and constitutes a battery exterior material. The battery case 4 also serves as a positive electrode terminal. And the insulator 5 which consists of a polyethylene sheet is arrange | positioned at the bottom part of the battery case 4, and from the flat wound electrode body 6 which consists of the positive electrode 1, the negative electrode 2, and the separator 3, it is to each one end of the positive electrode 1 and the negative electrode 2 The connected positive electrode lead body 7 and negative electrode lead body 8 are drawn out. A stainless steel terminal 11 is attached to a sealing lid plate 9 made of aluminum alloy for sealing the opening of the battery case 4 via a polypropylene insulating packing 10, and an insulator 12 is attached to the terminal 11. A stainless steel lead plate 13 is attached.

  And this cover plate 9 is inserted in the opening part of the battery case 4, and the opening part of the battery case 4 is sealed by welding the joint part of both, and the inside of the battery is sealed. Further, in the battery of FIG. 1, an electrolyte solution inlet 14 is provided in the lid plate 9, and the electrolyte solution inlet 14 is welded and sealed by, for example, laser welding or the like with a sealing member inserted. Thus, the sealing property of the battery is ensured (therefore, in the battery of FIGS. 1 and 2, the electrolyte inlet 14 is actually the electrolyte inlet and the sealing member, but the explanation is easy. In order to achieve this, it is shown as an electrolyte inlet 14). Further, the cover plate 9 is provided with an explosion-proof vent 15.

  In the battery of Example 1, the battery case 4 and the cover plate 9 function as positive terminals by directly welding the positive electrode lead body 7 to the cover plate 9, and the negative electrode lead body 8 is welded to the lead plate 13, The terminal 11 functions as a negative electrode terminal by conducting the negative electrode lead body 8 and the terminal 11 through the lead plate 13, but depending on the material of the battery case 4, the sign may be reversed. There is also.

  FIG. 2 is a perspective view schematically showing the external appearance of the battery shown in FIG. 1. FIG. 2 is shown for the purpose of showing that the battery is a square battery. FIG. 1 schematically shows a battery, and only specific members of the battery are shown. Also in FIG. 1, the inner peripheral portion of the electrode body is not cross-sectional.

Example 2
A wound electrode body produced in the same manner as in Example 1 except that the width and length dimensions of the electrode and the separator were adjusted, was a square (thickness) having a width of 17 mm, a thickness of 10 mm, and a height of 65 mm. A non-aqueous secondary battery was fabricated in the same manner as in Example 1 except that it was inserted into a battery case (exterior body) having a width ratio to 1.7.

Example 3
A wound electrode body produced in the same manner as in Example 1 except that the width and length dimensions of the electrode and the separator were adjusted, was a square (thickness) having a width of 40 mm, a thickness of 4 mm, and a height of 50 mm. A non-aqueous secondary battery was fabricated in the same manner as in Example 1 except that it was inserted into a battery case (exterior body) having a width ratio to 10.0.

Example 4
A nonaqueous secondary battery was produced in the same manner as in Example 1, except that the press linear pressure at the time of producing the positive electrode was 11 kN / cm and the density of the positive electrode mixture layer was 4.02 g / cm ³ . The porosity calculated from the theoretical density of the positive electrode mixture layer in the positive electrode according to this battery is 16%. In addition, the Log differential pore volume at the maximum frequency pore diameter of 0.2 μm of the positive electrode mixture layer was 0.046 cm ³ / g.

Example 5
The same Al alloy foil as used in Example 1 was annealed at 180 ° C. for 1 hour to obtain an Al alloy foil having a tensile strength of 220 N / mm ² and an elongation at break of 1.2%. A non-aqueous secondary was used in the same manner as in Example 1 except that this Al alloy foil was used and the density of the positive electrode mixture layer was changed to 4.10 g / cm ³ at a press linear pressure of 13 kN / cm at the time of producing the positive electrode. A battery was produced. The porosity calculated from the theoretical density of the positive electrode mixture layer in the positive electrode according to this battery is 15%. Moreover, the Log differential pore volume in the maximum frequency pore diameter of 0.17 μm of the positive electrode mixture layer was 0.038 cm ³ / g.

Example 6
As the positive electrode active material, a mixture of lithium cobaltate used in Example 1 and lithium nickelate (average particle size 12 μm) in a mass ratio of 50:50 was used. A nonaqueous secondary battery was produced in the same manner as in Example 5 except that the pressure was 17 kN / cm and the density of the positive electrode mixture layer was 4.10 g / cm ³ . The porosity calculated from the theoretical density of the positive electrode mixture layer in the positive electrode according to this battery is 11%. In addition, the Log differential pore volume at the maximum frequency pore diameter of 0.16 μm of the positive electrode mixture layer was 0.035 cm ³ / g.

Example 7
The same Al alloy foil as used in Example 1 was annealed at 200 ° C. for 1 hour to obtain an Al alloy foil having a tensile strength of 200 N / mm ² and an elongation at break of 0.9%. A non-aqueous secondary was used in the same manner as in Example 1 except that this Al alloy foil was used and the density of the positive electrode mixture layer was 3.90 g / cm ³ at a press linear pressure of 9 kN / cm at the time of producing the positive electrode. A battery was produced. The porosity calculated from the theoretical density of the positive electrode mixture layer in the positive electrode according to this battery is 19%. The Log differential pore volume at the maximum frequency pore size of 0.35 μm of the positive electrode mixture layer was 0.054 cm ³ / g.

Example 8
Example 7 is the same as Example 7 except that the same mixed positive electrode active material as that used in Example 6 was used and the density of the positive electrode mixture layer was 3.70 g / cm ³ with a press linear pressure of 12 kN / cm at the time of producing the positive electrode. A non-aqueous secondary battery was produced in the same manner. The porosity calculated from the theoretical density of the positive electrode mixture layer in the positive electrode according to this battery is 23%. In addition, the Log differential pore volume at the maximum frequency pore diameter of 0.5 μm of the positive electrode mixture layer was 0.080 cm ³ / g.

Example 9
A nonaqueous secondary battery was produced in the same manner as in Example 8, except that the press linear pressure at the time of producing the positive electrode was 15 kN / cm and the density of the positive electrode mixture layer was 3.92 g / cm ³ . The porosity calculated from the theoretical density of the positive electrode mixture layer in the positive electrode according to this battery is 15%. In addition, the Log differential pore volume at the maximum frequency pore diameter of 0.22 μm of the positive electrode mixture layer was 0.040 cm ³ / g.

Comparative Example 1
As the use of mixed positive electrode active material used in Example 6, also as Al alloy foil constituting the positive electrode current collector, the thickness was 15 [mu] m, a tensile strength of 180 N / mm ² elongation at break 1.4% 1N30H material In addition, the non-aqueous secondary battery was manufactured in the same manner as in Example 1 except that the press linear pressure during positive electrode production was 10 kN / cm and the density of the positive electrode mixture layer was 3.70 g / cm ^3. Produced. The porosity calculated from the theoretical density of the positive electrode mixture layer in the positive electrode according to this battery is 23%. In addition, the Log differential pore volume at the maximum frequency pore diameter of 0.55 μm of the positive electrode mixture layer was 0.105 cm ³ / g.

Comparative Example 2
The Al alloy foil used for the positive electrode current collector was annealed at 220 ° C. for 1 hour using the same Al alloy foil used in Example 1, and the tensile strength was 130 N / mm ² and the elongation at break was 2.4. Non-aqueous solution in the same manner as in Example 1 except that the density of the positive electrode mixture layer was changed to 3.75 g / cm ³ and the press linear pressure at the time of producing the positive electrode was 6 kN / cm. A secondary battery was produced. The porosity calculated from the theoretical density of the positive electrode mixture layer in the positive electrode according to this battery is 22%. In addition, the Log differential pore volume at the maximum frequency pore diameter of 0.58 μm of the positive electrode mixture layer was 0.070 cm ³ / g.

Comparative Example 3
A nonaqueous secondary battery was produced in the same manner as in Comparative Example 2 except that the press linear pressure at the time of producing the positive electrode was 9 kN / cm and the density of the positive electrode mixture layer was 3.90 g / cm ³ . The porosity calculated from the theoretical density of the positive electrode mixture layer in the positive electrode according to this battery is 19%. The Log differential pore volume at the maximum frequency pore size of 0.54 μm of the positive electrode mixture layer was 0.054 cm ³ / g.

Comparative Example 4
The same mixed positive electrode active material as that used in Example 6 was used, and the density of the positive electrode mixture layer was 3.70 g / cm ³ as the press linear pressure 12 kN / cm at the time of producing the positive electrode. A non-aqueous secondary battery was produced in the same manner as in Example 2. The porosity calculated from the theoretical density of the positive electrode mixture layer in the positive electrode according to this battery is 18%. In addition, the Log differential pore volume at the maximum frequency pore diameter of 0.50 μm of the positive electrode mixture layer was 0.08 cm ³ / g.

About the non-aqueous secondary battery of Examples 1-9, Comparative Examples 1-4, and a reference example, the kind of Al alloy foil used for the positive electrode collector, the tensile characteristic, the density and porosity of the positive mix layer, and the maximum frequency The Log differential pore volume (cm ³ / g) at the pore diameter is shown in Table 1. In addition, the log differential pore volume (cm ³ / g) in the density, the porosity, and the maximum frequency pore diameter of the positive electrode mixture layer shown in Table 1 are values obtained by the above methods.

  Moreover, about the nonaqueous secondary battery of Examples 1-9, Comparative Examples 1-4, and a reference example, the discharge capacity was measured with the following method. After each battery is charged at a constant current of 0.2 C until it reaches 4.2 V, it is charged at a constant voltage of 4.2 V until the total charging time is 8 hours, and then the battery voltage is 3.0 V at 0.2 C. The discharge capacity at that time was determined. Moreover, each battery after the discharge capacity measurement was disassembled, and whether or not the positive electrode current collector was broken was confirmed. These results are shown in Table 2. In Table 2, the discharge capacity obtained for each battery is shown as a relative value when the discharge capacity of the battery of Comparative Example 1 is set to 100.

  As is clear from Table 2, the nonaqueous secondary batteries of Examples 1 to 9 have a larger discharge capacity than that of Comparative Examples 1 to 4, and a high capacity can be achieved. In the batteries of Comparative Examples 1 to 4, since the positive electrode current collector was broken, the conductivity of a part of the positive electrode was impaired, and the original capacity could not be sufficiently drawn. The capacity was inferior to the battery of 9.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS It is a figure which shows typically an example of the non-aqueous secondary battery of this invention, (a) is the top view, (b) is the fragmentary longitudinal cross-sectional view. It is a perspective view of the non-aqueous secondary battery shown in FIG.

Explanation of symbols

1 Positive electrode 2 Negative electrode 3 Separator

Claims (3)

A wound electrode body in which a positive electrode having a positive electrode mixture layer, a negative electrode, and a separator are laminated on one side or both sides of a positive electrode current collector and wound in a spiral shape has a width to thickness ratio of 1.7 to 10. 0.0 non-aqueous secondary battery encapsulated in a non-aqueous electrolyte together with a non-aqueous electrolyte,
The positive electrode mixture layer has a density of 3.5 g / cm ³ or more and a porosity of 25% or less.
The non-aqueous secondary battery, wherein the positive electrode current collector is an Al alloy foil having a thickness of 15 μm or less and a tensile strength of 200 N / mm ² or more. The nonaqueous secondary battery according to claim 1, wherein the Log differential pore volume at the maximum frequency pore diameter of the positive electrode mixture layer is 0.09 cm ³ / g or less.   The Al alloy constituting the positive electrode current collector contains at least one of Mn and Mg, and when the whole is 100% by mass, Al is 90% by mass or more, Mn is 1.2% by mass or less, Mg is The non-aqueous secondary battery according to claim 1 or 2, which is contained in an amount of 3.5% by mass or less.

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